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30 Great Movies About Mental Illnessby uhrdavid created 07 Feb 2013 | last updated - 07 Feb 2013

There are hundreds of extremely worthy films that have been made over the years that dealwith the issue of mental illness, but these ones are fantastic and (in most cases) veryeducational. They deal with issues across a broad spectrum of mental illnesses, disorders, andclinical psychoses. Films are listed in chronological order, with the conditions they deal with inthe notes. Enjoy!

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A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

Disturbed Blanche DuBois moves in with her sister in NewOrleans and is tormented by her brutish brother-in-law while herreality crumbles around her. (122 mins.)

Director: Elia KazanStars: Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter, Karl Malden

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“ Histrionic personality disorder ” - uhrdavid

Psycho (1960)

A Phoenix secretary embezzles $40,000 from her employer'sclient, goes on the run, and checks into a remote motel run by ayoung man under the domination of his mother. (109 mins.)

Director: Alfred HitchcockStars: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin

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“ Dissociative disorder (multiple personality disorder) ” -uhrdavid

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

A criminal pleads insanity after getting into trouble again andonce in the mental institution rebels against the oppressive nurseand rallies up the scared patients. (133 mins.)

Director: Milos FormanStars: Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, Michael Berryman, Peter Brocco

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“ Anti-social personality disorder ” - uhrdavid

Ordinary People (1980)

The accidental death of the older son of an affluent family deeplystrains the relationships among the bitter mother, the good-natured father, and the guilt-ridden younger son. (124 mins.)

Director: Robert RedfordStars: Donald Sutherland, Mary Tyler Moore, Judd Hirsch, Timothy Hutton

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“ Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Clinical depression ” -uhrdavid

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Fatal Attraction (1987)

A married man's one-night stand comes back to haunt him whenthat lover begins to stalk him and his family. (119 mins.)

Director: Adrian LyneStars: Michael Douglas, Glenn Close, Anne Archer, Ellen Latzen

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“ Borderline personality disorder ” - uhrdavid

Rain Man (1988)

Selfish yuppie Charlie Babbitt's father left a fortune to his savantbrother Raymond and a pittance to Charlie; they travel cross-country. (133 mins.)

Director: Barry LevinsonStars: Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise, Valeria Golino, Gerald R. Molen

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“ Autism affective disorder ” - uhrdavid

Misery (1990)

After a famous author is rescued from a car crash by a fan of hisnovels, he comes to realize that the care he is receiving is onlythe beginning of a nightmare of captivity and abuse. (107 mins.)

Director: Rob ReinerStars: James Caan, Kathy Bates, Richard Farnsworth, Frances Sternhagen

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“ Bipolar disorder ” - uhrdavid

Jacob's Ladder (1990)

Mourning his dead child, a haunted Vietnam War veteranattempts to discover his past while suffering from a severe caseof dissociation. To do so, he must decipher reality and life fromhis own dreams, delusion, and perception of death. (113 mins.)

Director: Adrian LyneStars: Tim Robbins, Elizabeth Peña, Danny Aiello, Matt Craven

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“ Dissociative disorder ” - uhrdavid

What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)

After his father's death, Gilbert has to care for his mentallydisabled brother, Arnie, and his morbidly obese mother, which issuddenly challenged when love walks into his life. (118 mins.)

Director: Lasse HallströmStars: Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio, Juliette Lewis, Mary Steenburgen

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“ Autism affective disorder ” - uhrdavid

Benny & Joon (1993)

A mentally ill young woman finds her love in an eccentric manwho models himself after Buster Keaton. (98 mins.)

Director: Jeremiah ChechikStars: Johnny Depp, Mary Stuart Masterson, Aidan Quinn, Julianne Moore

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The Virgin Suicides (1999)

A group of male friends become obsessed with five mysterioussisters who are sheltered by their strict, religious parents insuburban Detroit in the mid-1970s. (97 mins.)

Director: Sofia CoppolaStars: Kirsten Dunst, Josh Hartnett, James Woods, Kathleen Turner

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“ Clinical depression ” - uhrdavid

American Beauty (1999)

A sexually frustrated suburban father has a mid-life crisis afterbecoming infatuated with his daughter's best friend. (122 mins.)

Director: Sam MendesStars: Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Wes Bentley

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“ Clinical depression ” - uhrdavid

Girl, Interrupted (1999)

Based on writer Susanna Kaysen's account of her 18-month stayat a mental hospital in the 1960s. (127 mins.)

Director: James MangoldStars: Winona Ryder, Angelina Jolie, Clea DuVall, Brittany Murphy

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“ Anti-social personality disorder, Borderline personalitydisorder ” - uhrdavid

Fight Club (1999)

An insomniac office worker, looking for a way to change his life,crosses paths with a devil-may-care soap maker, forming anunderground fight club that evolves into something much, muchmore. (139 mins.)

Director: David FincherStars: Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Meat Loaf, Zach Grenier

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“ Dissociative disorder (multiple personality disorder) ” -uhrdavid

Me, Myself & Irene (2000)

A nice-guy cop with dissociative identity disorder must protect awoman on the run from a corrupt ex-boyfriend and hisassociates. (116 mins.)

Director: Bobby Farrelly, Peter FarrellyStars: Jim Carrey, Renée Zellweger, Anthony Anderson, Mongo Brownlee

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American Psycho (2000)

A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides hisalternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as hedelves deeper into his violent, hedonistic fantasies. (102 mins.)

Director: Mary HarronStars: Christian Bale, Justin Theroux, Josh Lucas, Bill Sage

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“ Anti-social personality disorder, Narcissistic personalitydisorder ” - uhrdavid

Punch-Drunk Love (2002)

A psychologically troubled novelty supplier is nudged towards aromance with an English woman, all the while being extorted bya phone-sex line run by a crooked mattress salesman, andpurchasing stunning amounts of pudding. (95 mins.)

Director: Paul Thomas AndersonStars: Adam Sandler, Emily Watson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jason Andrews

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“ Schizoaffective disorder ” - uhrdavid

Matchstick Men (2003)

A phobic con artist and his protégé are on the verge of pulling offa lucrative swindle when the former's teenage daughter arrivesunexpectedly. (116 mins.)

Director: Ridley ScottStars: Nicolas Cage, Alison Lohman, Sam Rockwell, Bruce Altman

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“ Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), Anxiety Disorder(Agoraphobia) ” - uhrdavid

Brothers (2004)

Two brothers must negotiate changing roles and shifting familydynamics when one is sent to war in Afghanistan. (117 mins.)

Director: Susanne BierStars: Ulrich Thomsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Connie Nielsen, Sarah Juel Werner

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“ Post traumatic stress disorder ” - uhrdavid

The Machinist (2004)

An industrial worker who hasn't slept in a year begins to doubthis own sanity. (101 mins.)

Director: Brad AndersonStars: Christian Bale, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, JohnSharian

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“ Insomnia induced psychogenic amnesia ” - uhrdavid

Wristcutters: A Love Story (2006)

A film set in a strange afterlife way station that has beenreserved for people who have committed suicide. (88 mins.)

Director: Goran DukicStars: Patrick Fugit, Shea Whigham, Tom Waits, Shannyn Sossamon

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“ Clinical depression ” - uhrdavid

Reign Over Me (2007)

A man who lost his family in the September 11 attack on NewYork City runs into his old college roommate. Rekindling thefriendship is the one thing that appears able to help the manrecover from his grief. (124 mins.)

Director: Mike BinderStars: Adam Sandler, Don Cheadle, Jada Pinkett Smith, Liv Tyler

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“ Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) ” - uhrdavid

Lars and the Real Girl (2007)

A delusional young man strikes up an unconventionalrelationship with a doll he finds on the Internet. (106 mins.)

Director: Craig GillespieStars: Ryan Gosling, Emily Mortimer, Paul Schneider, R.D. Reid

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“ Delusional psychotic disorder ” - uhrdavid

The Number 23 (2007)

Walter Sparrow becomes obsessed with a novel that he believeswas written about him. As his obsession increases, more andmore similarities seem to arise. (101 mins.)

Director: Joel SchumacherStars: Jim Carrey, Virginia Madsen, Logan Lerman, Danny Huston

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“ Dissociative disorder (multiple personality disorder) ” -uhrdavid

The Soloist (2009)

A Los Angeles journalist befriends a homeless Juilliard-trainedmusician, while looking for a new article for the paper. (117mins.)

Director: Joe WrightStars: Jamie Foxx, Robert Downey Jr., Catherine Keener, Tom Hollander

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“ Schizophrenia ” - uhrdavid

Black Swan (2010)

A committed dancer wins the lead role in a production ofTchaikovsky's "Swan Lake" only to find herself struggling tomaintain her sanity. (108 mins.)

Director: Darren AronofskyStars: Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel, Winona Ryder

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“ Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), Schizophrenia,Dissociative disorder, Borderline personality disorder ” - uhrdavid

A Separation (2011)

A married couple are faced with a difficult decision - to improvethe life of their child by moving to another country or to stay inIran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer'sdisease. (123 mins.)

Director: Asghar FarhadiStars: Peyman Moaadi, Leila Hatami, Sareh Bayat, Shahab Hosseini

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“ Alzheimers ” - uhrdavid

We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)

Kevin's mother struggles to love her strange child, despite theincreasingly vicious things he says and does as he grows up. ButKevin is just getting started, and his final act will be beyondanything anyone imagined. (112 mins.)

Director: Lynne RamsayStars: Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly, Ezra Miller, Jasper Newell

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“ Anti-social personality disorder ” - uhrdavid

Robot & Frank (2012)

Set in the near future, an ex-jewel thief receives a gift from hisson: a robot butler programmed to look after him. But soon thetwo companions try their luck as a heist team. (89 mins.)

Director: Jake SchreierStars: Peter Sarsgaard, Frank Langella, Susan Sarandon, Liv Tyler

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“ Dementia/Alzheimers ” - uhrdavid

Silver Linings Playbook (2012)

After a stint in a mental institution, former teacher Pat Solitanomoves back in with his parents and tries to reconcile with his ex-wife. Things get more challenging when Pat meets Tiffany, amysterious girl with problems of her own. (122 mins.)

Director: David O. Russell

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